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Close Old and Inactive Issues #528

Close Old and Inactive Issues

Close Old and Inactive Issues #528

name: Close Old and Inactive Issues
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 0 * * *' # Runs daily at midnight UTC
jobs:
close-issues:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Close Old and Inactive Issues
run: |
TOKEN="${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
OWNER="$(echo $REPO | cut -d'/' -f1)"
REPO_NAME="$(echo $REPO | cut -d'/' -f2)"
# Fetch all issues
ISSUES=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
"https://api.github.com/repos/$OWNER/$REPO_NAME/issues?state=open")
# Iterate over issues and close those inactive for more than 30 days
for row in $(echo "${ISSUES}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64'); do
_jq() {
echo ${row} | base64 --decode | jq -r ${1}
}
# Extract issue details
issue_number=$(_jq '.number')
issue_title=$(_jq '.title')
issue_last_updated=$(_jq '.updated_at')
# Calculate the number of days since last update
last_updated_date=$(date -u -d "${issue_last_updated}" +%Y-%m-%d)
today_date=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)
days_since_last_updated=$((( $(date -u -d "${today_date}" +%s) - $(date -u -d "${last_updated_date}" +%s) ) / 86400))
# Close issues inactive for more than 20 days
if [[ ${days_since_last_updated} -gt 20 ]]; then
curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-d "{\"state\":\"closed\"}" \
"https://api.github.com/repos/$OWNER/$REPO_NAME/issues/$issue_number"
echo "Closed issue #$issue_number: $issue_title"
fi
done